MOD Cantle Newly Bagged

[Troglodyte]

I would love to see how you use the C-type clips you mentioned.

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Here's the MoD original, a Margaret Mrrison re-bagging with replacement snaps on a four-stud cantle, and my own use of C-type circlips on a five-stud version - which are a bit more discrete in their fitting, but a more of a bother to get on and off.

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Here's a 'real' hinged cantle (not the sporran I mentioned, as those picture are evading me at the moment) but you can see how sophisticated the attachment was. The outer bag appears to be rivetted onto the studs, and the liner placed so it covers the 'works' and keeps the bag neat.

The division I mentioned is a vertical panel inside the sporran bag, attached to the gusset all around the edge, with the top edge turned and sewn to enclose a wire hoop (to hold the shape and prevent curling) with the ends of the wire wrapped around the inner portion of the side bosses of the hinge, allowing it to pivot or swing forward and back when accessing either of the two compartments of the sporran. Simple, but clever.

The idea ought to be easy enough to replicate with an MoD cantle, but I think the wire hoop would need to be placed after the bag had been sewn and turned the right way out. Otherwise the wire would obstruct the turning-out.